Trousers-stretcher.



PATENTED OCT. 20, 1903.

S. GASSER. TROUSERS STRETGHBR. APPLICATION FILED D30. a1. 1902.

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Patented October 20, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SANFORD eAss R, or SHERMAN, MICHIGAN.

TRoUsERs sTREToFiEl-i.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 741,65f4, dated. October 20, 1903.

Application filed December 31. 1902. Serial No. 137,330. (No model.) 4

T0 to whom [It may concern:

Be it known that LSANFORD GAssER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sherman, in the county of Wexford and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Trousers- Stretcher, of'which the following isa specification.

" My invention relates to trousers-stretchers, and has for its object to produce a device of this character which is simple of construction, efficient inoperation, may be readily adj usted for holding a number of pairs of trousers at one time, and one which may be readily dismembered and reduced to a compact condition for storage or shipment.

The invention comprises the details of constructionand combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is asece tional elevation of the device, showing a pair of trousers clamped therein. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating the manner of connecting sections of the brace member.

Referring to the. drawings, 1 indicates the brace member, preferably in the form of a cylindrical rod of wood or other suitable material. This brace member is made up of a plurality of short sections 2, having one end tapered or reduced, as at 3, and the other end provided with a socket 4 of any suitable metahand in assembling the parts the tapered end of one member'is inserted into the socket of the next member, as will be readily understood. The lower section of the brace member is provided at one side with a longitudinal groove 5 and at; the opposite side with a series of transverse notches 6 for the purpose hereinafter described.

7 indicates the fixed clamping member,

preferably in the form of a cylindrical rod.

of wood or the like, provided at or near its longitudinal center with a right-angularlydisposed socket 8, in-which is seated the tapered endof the upper section 2 of the brace member.

9 is a clamping-rod which normally lies longitudinally of the member 7 and in parallel relation therewith. This clamping-rod is 0 preferably composed of heavy spring-wire or the like, connected at one end to the clamping member 7 by means of a screw-eye which 10 is a wire attached to the clamping mem her in any suitable manner, but preferably by bending theflwire around the ends of the- ,member, which are grooved to receive it, and

bending the terminal ends of the wire to form points, which are driven laterally into the clamping member. This wire is suitably arched to conform to'the curvature of a coat or other like garmentwhich may be hung thereover.

11 indicates a'suitable wire hook pivoted to the clamping member to serve as a means for suspending the device from a clothes-hook or the like when in use. p I

12 indicates a movable clamping member in the form o'fja wooden rod havingpivoted thereto, by means of a screw-eye, a clampingrod 13, adapted to extend longitudinally of the clamping member, with its free end en gaged by a screw-hook, and to be adjusted to and from the clamping member, as in the manner above described in connection with the fixed clamping member. This movable clamping member is provided at or near its longitudinal center with a screw-eye 14-,which engages a hook 15 on the end of a coiled spring 16 for connecting the clamping memberthereto. The opposite end of the spring is connected with a metal ring 17, connected to a similar but right-angularly-disposed ring 18,which in turn engages around thelower section of e the brace member to slidably connect the spring thereto.

In operation a pair of trousers are first clamped at their upper end to the fixed clamp- Y ing member by engaging the clamping-rod I over them. Their lower ends arethen similarly fixed in the movable clamping member,

which latter is adjusted to suit the length of the trousers and exert the proper stretching tension thereon by moving the ring 18 along the lower section of the brace member and engaging the same with one of the series of notches formed thereon.

If it is desired to pack the device for transportation or storage, it may be readily disassembled by slipping the ring 18 from off the lower section,disjointing the various sections, and removing the fixed member from the upper section.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce a device which is very simple of construction, inexpensive to manufacture, one which may be readily assembled or disassembled, and will efficiently perform its functions. In attaining these ends I do not limit or confine myself to the precise details herein shown and described, inasmuch as various changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a trousers-stretcher, the combination In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SANFORD GASSER.

W'itnesses:

E. E. TURNER, JENNIE E. TURNER. 

